WrestleMania X

] The feud eventually culminated in a match scheduled for WrestleMania X. In the match, Bigelow and his storyline girlfriend Luna Vachon competed against Doink and Dink in a Mixed tag team match.

The feud between Razor Ramon and Shawn Michaels also dated back to the fall of 1993. Jack Tunney announced that he was stripping Michaels of the WWF Intercontinental Championship for not defending the title often enough.cite web|title=Razor Ramon's first reign|work=WWE|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/intercontinental/322472|accessdate=2008-01-18] There have been reports that the real reason for vacating the title was because Michaels refused to drop the belt.cite web|title=Wrestler Profiles: Shawn Michaels|work=Online World of Wrestling|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/s/shawn-michaels.html|accessdate=2008-01-18] Ramon won the title after competing in a battle royal and defeating Rick Martel, the other finalist in the match. In the angle, Michaels refused to acknowledge the title change, however, as he insisted that he was the true Intercontinental Champion. To gain revenge against Ramon for taking the belt, Michaels attacked Ramon and helped Irwin R. Schyster to steal Ramon's gold chains. [cite web|title=WWF Raw: December 06, 1993|work=The Other Arena|url=http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1993/raw120693|accessdate=2008-01-18] [cite web|title=WWF Raw: December 13, 1993|work=The Other Arena|url= http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1993/raw121393|accessdate=2008-01-18]

Event

In a dark match before the pay-per-view aired, The Heavenly Bodies faced The Bushwhackers. Near the end of the match, The Bushwhackers gained control when they performed the Battering Ram on Jimmy Del Ray.cite web|title=1994 WWF Ring Results|work=WWF Champs|url=http://www.wwfchamps.com/results.php?results=194|accessdate=2008-01-18] Tom Pritchard, Del Ray's partner, attacked Bushwhacker Butch before he was able to pin Del Ray. This allowed Del Ray to recover and pin Butch to win the match. As the broadcast began, Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler were introduced as commentators for the event and Little Richard sang "America the Beautiful".cite web|title=WrestleMania 10|work=The Other Arena|url=http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1994/wwf032094|accessdate=2008-01-18]

The first televised match was between Bret and Owen Hart. The beginning of the match went back and forth with neither wrestler gaining a strong advantage. The tension between the two was demonstrated by Owen's bragging and Bret's refusal to let Owen leave the ring.cite web|title=WrestleMania X Re-Revued|last=Gutschmidt|first=Adam|work=Online Onslaught|url=http://www.oowrestling.com/columns/ooldtyme/20040721.shtml|accessdate=2008-01-19] Owen eventually gained momentum by using a camel clutch on Bret and performing suplexes and a Tombstone piledriver. When Owen stood outside the ring to recuperate, Bret jumped over the top rope to attack him. Bret landed awkwardly, however, and suffered a kayfabe injury to his knee. Owen used a figure four leglock to capitalize on Bret's sore leg. Bret was able to recover, and he kicked Owen in the back of the head and used a Bulldog and sleeper hold to weaken Owen. Owen regained the advantage, however, and applied the Sharpshooter on Bret. Bret was able to escape and perform a Sharpshooter on Owen. Bret then attempted to end the match with a victory roll, but Owen blocked it and pinned Bret to win the match.

Sy Sperling, the president of hair restoration company Hair Club for Men, appeared in the ring before the next match. He announced that he was at WrestleMania to introduce one of his latest clients, ring announcer Howard Finkel. Finkel came to the ring wearing a toupée, showing off his new "hair" while the crowd applauded. The match then began, as Bam Bam Bigelow and Luna Vachon came to the ring to face Doink the Clown and Dink. Bigelow attacked Doink at the beginning of the match with a dropkick and a powerslam. When Dink entered the match, the rules stated that Bigelow had to tag Vachon into the match. Dink ran around the ring avoiding Vachon, but she eventually caught him. She kicked him and powerslammed him, but she then missed a moonsault attempt. Doink and Bigelow re-entered the match, and Doink performed a DDT on Bigelow. Bigelow reversed the momentum to win the match after a diving headbutt on Doink. Bigelow pinned Doink to win the match, and he and Vachon then attacked Dink.

The next match was a Falls Count Anywhere match between Randy Savage and Crush. The rules stated that any time a wrestler was pinned, he then had to make it back inside the ring within sixty seconds or he would lose the match. Savage tried to attack Crush before the bell rang, but Crush reversed the attack. He used a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker to injure Savage and then dropped Savage across the guard rail to get the first pinfall. While Savage was returning to the ring, Mr. Fuji hit him with the Japanese flag to stall him. Savage made it back to the ring with two seconds remaining, so the match continued. Inside the ring, Crush tried to throw salt in Savage's eyes, but Savage countered by throwing the salt in Crush's eyes. Savage then performed a diving elbow drop and rolled Crush outside of the ring for the pinfall. Fuji helped revive Crush, which allowed Crush to return to the ring before the count had expired. Savage and Crush then brawled down the aisle and into a room backstage. Savage scored a pinfall and tied Crush's legs to a pulley. Crush was left hanging upside down and could not return to the ring, so Savage was declared the winner.

Alundra Blayze defended her WWF Women's Championship against Leilani Kai in the next match. Blayze began the match by using a leg sweep and two sunset flips. Kai came back with a powerslam and a suplex. Blayze got the win, however, by pinning Kai after performing a German suplex.

In the next match, Men on a Mission challenged The Quebecers for the WWF Tag Team Championship. Although The Quebecers attacked Men on a Mission before the bell, Mabel quickly recovered and clotheslined both Quebecers. The Quebecers used several double-team moves against their opponents, but Mabel reversed the momentum after Pierre missed a senton bomb. Mabel eventually missed an Avalanche, allowing The Quebecers to suplex him. The Quebecers performed an assisted senton on Mabel but did not get a pinfall. Men on a Mission regained the advantage, prompting The Quebecers' manager, Johnny Polo, to pull his wrestlers out of the ring. Men on a Mission won the match by countout, but they did not win the belts.

The first WWF Championship match came next, as Lex Luger challenged Yokozuna. Mr. Perfect was revealed to be the special guest referee for the match, while Donnie Wahlberg was the guest ring announcer and Rhonda Shear was the guest timekeeper.cite web|title=WWF WrestleMania X|work=Hoffco, Inc.|url=http://www.hoffco-inc.com/wwe/ppv/ppv/wm10.html|accessdate=2008-01-19] After a verbal confrontation between Luger and Yokozuna, Luger gained the early advantage by knocking Yokozuna out of the ring. After getting back into the ring, Yokozuna removed the turnbuckle padding from a corner of the ring. Yokozuna used a nerve hold and a belly to belly suplex to wear down Luger. As he tried to throw Luger's head into the exposed turnbuckle, however, Luger blocked him and hit Yokozuna's head into the turnbuckle. Luger then performed clotheslines and a powerslam on Yokozuna before knocking Yokozuna kayfabe unconscious with a running forearm smash. Yokozuna's managers, Mr. Fuji and Jim Cornette jumped onto the ring apron to distract Luger, and Luger pulled them into the ring and attacked them. Luger covered Yokozuna, but Mr. Perfect was tending to the fallen managers and did not make the count. When Luger pushed him, Mr. Perfect disqualified Luger and left the ring, thereby turning heel.

Adam Bomb and his manager Harvey Wippleman entered the ring for the next match, and Wippleman criticized Finkel's new hair and tore the pocket off Finkel's suit. [cite web|title=Announcer Profiles: Howard Finkel|work=Online World of Wrestling|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/h/howard-finkel.html|accessdate=2008-01-19] Earthquake came to the ring and attacked Bomb from behind. He powerslammed Bomb and performed the Earthquake splash to get the pinfall victory in thirty-two seconds.

For the Ladder match, the Intercontinental belts belonging to Razor Ramon and Shawn Michaels were both hanging above the ring, and the first wrestler to use the ladder to reach both belts would be declared the winner. Ramon began the match by chokeslamming Michaels. Michaels recovered, however, and performed a neckbreaker on Ramon. Michaels then threw Ramon out to the ringside, where Michaels' bodyguard Diesel clotheslined Ramon. Referee Earl Hebner responded by ordering Diesel to return to the dressing rooms. Ramon pulled up the padding from the concrete floor, but he was later thrown onto it after Michaels reversed Ramon's attempt to perform the Razor's Edge. While Ramon was lying on the floor, Michaels brought the ladder to the ring and used it to hit Ramon in the stomach, chest and back. Michaels tried to retrieve the belts, but Ramon stopped him from climbing the ladder. Michaels then set the ladder up in the corner of the ring and performed a splash onto Ramon. Ramon recovered and Irish whipped Michaels into the ladder. He then hit Michaels with the ladder several times before both men tried to climb up to get the belts. Ramon suplexed Michaels off the ladder and tried to reach the belts. Michaels dropkicked the ladder, which caused Ramon to fall off. Michaels performed a superkick and a piledriver on Ramon and then propped the ladder up in the corner of the ring. Michaels climbed the turnbuckles, jumped onto the ladder, and used his weight to push it down across Ramon's chest. Michaels tried to retrieve the belts again, but Ramon pushed him off. Michaels fell into the ropes and got tangled up, allowing Ramon to get the belts and win the undisputed Intercontinental championship.

A ten-man tag team match was supposed to take place next, but it was canceled due to time constraints.cite web|title=World Wrestling Entertainment Substitutions| work=Softwolves |url=http://www.softwolves.pp.se/wrestling/wwf/substitutions |accessdate=2008-01-19] The kayfabe reason given was that the heel team (Irwin R. Schyster, The Headshrinkers, Rick Martel and Jeff Jarrett) could not agree on who would be the team's captain for the match. Their opponents were scheduled to be the face team of the 1-2-3 Kid, Sparky Plugg, Tatanka and The Smoking Gunns.

The final match of the night was the WWF Championship match between Yokozuna and Bret Hart. The guest referee for the match was Roddy Piper, while the guest ring announcer was Burt Reynolds and the guest timekeeper was Jennie Garth. Yokozuna attacked Hart before the bell, and Hart attempted a couple of comebacks in vain. Eventually, Yokozuna made a mistake and allowed Hart to knock him to the mat. Cornette tried to distract Piper, but Piper punched him and knocked him off the ring apron.cite web|last=Zicarelli|first=Frank|title=WrestleMania Rewind: Hart topples Yokozuna (WM10)|work=SLAM! Sports|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Wrestlemania20/2004/02/28/364658.html|accessdate=2008-01-20] Yokozuna performed a leg drop on Hart but then missed an Avalanche attempt. Bret maintained the advantage for a little while, but Yokozuna came back with a belly to belly suplex. When Yokozuna attempted the Banzai drop, however, he lost his balance and fell to the mat. Hart quickly pinned Yokozuna to win the title. He celebrated in the ring with several of the face wrestlers; Owen Hart came to the ring but left quickly after glaring at Bret.

Aftermath

Men on a Mission continued to challenge The Quebecers for the tag team belts. Men on a Mission won the title on March 29 1994. [cite web|title=Men on a Mission's first reign|work=WWE|url= http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/304454132143|accessdate=2008-01-20] This is said to have been an unplanned title change, as Mabel accidentally fell on Pierre to get the pinfall. [cite web|title=Tag Team Profiles: Men on a Mission|work=Online World of Wrestling|url= http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/m/men-on-a-mission.html|accessdate=2008-01-20] This title reign lasted only two days, however, as The Quebecers won the titles back in a rematch. [cite web|title=The Quebecers' third reign| work=WWE|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/304454132111113|accessdate=2008-01-20]

Lex Luger and Mr. Perfect were scheduled to face each other in a series of matches on the WrestleMania Revenge Tour. Mr. Perfect was replaced by Crush, however, and Mr. Perfect did not appear again in the WWF until Survivor Series 1995. [cite web|title=1995|work=The History of WWE|url=http://www.angelfire.com/wrestling/cawthon777/95.htm|accessdate=2008-01-20]

Adam Bomb and Earthquake had a rematch on the April 4 1994 episode of "Monday Night Raw", which Earthquake won. [cite web|title=Wrestler Profiles: Bryan Clark|work=Online World of Wrestling|url= http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/b/bryan-clarke.html|accessdate=2008-01-19] The feud did not progress any further, as Earthquake left the WWF for World Championship Wrestling in May 1994. [cite web|title=A Tribute to John "Earthquake" Tenta|work=Online World of Wrestling|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/columns/misc/derrickcannon01.html|accessdate=2008-01-19] Wippleman and Finkel wrestled a series of Tuxedo matches in 1994 that culminated in a match on the January 9 1995 episode of "Monday Night Raw". Finkel defeated Wippleman in a final Tuxedo match to end the feud. [cite web|title=Monday Night Raw: January 9, 1995|work=The Other Arena|url=http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1995/raw010995|accessdate=2008-01-19]

A few weeks after the match between Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon, Diesel begin to challenge Ramon for the Intercontinental championship. Michaels helped Diesel defeat Ramon for the title on April 13 1994. [cite web|title=Diesel's first Intercontinental Championship reign|work=WWE|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/intercontinental/322476|accessdate=2008-01-20] This win began a push for Diesel that saw him win the WWF's Triple Crown Championship in one calendar year. [cite web|title=Wrestler Profiles: Kevin Nash|work=Online World of Wrestling|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/k/kevin-nash.html|accessdate=2008-01-20]

The night after WrestleMania, the ten-man tag team match took place on "Monday Night Raw". The heel team won, as Irwin R. Schyster pinned the 1-2-3 Kid to win the match. [cite web|title=Monday Night Raw: March 21, 1994|work=The Other Arena|url=http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/history.cgi?1994/raw032194|accessdate=2008-01-20]

Bret and Owen Hart continued their feud throughout 1994. At King of the Ring, their real-life brother-in-law Jim Neidhart became involved in the angle by helping Owen win the tournament. [cite web|title=WWF King of the Ring 1994|work=Hoffco, Inc.|url=http://www.hoffco-inc.com/wwe/ppv/ppv/kotr94.html|accessdate= 2008-03-01] During Owen's coronation ceremony, he announced that he wanted to be referred to as the "King of Harts" during a tirade against Bret. [cite book|last=Conner|first=Floyd|title=Wrestling's Most Wanted : The Top 10 Book of Pro Wrestling's Outrageous Performers, Punishing Piledrivers, and Other Oddities|publisher=Brassey's|date=2001|pages=175|isbn= 1574883089] Bret and Owen fought in a Steel cage match at SummerSlam. Bret successfully defended the title, but Jim Neidhart and Owen attacked him after the match. This prompted another brother-in-law, Davey Boy Smith, to get involved on Bret's side. [cite web|last= Gutschmidt|first= Adam|title=SummerSlam 1994 Re-Revued|work=Online Onslaught|url=http://www.oowrestling.com/columns/ooldtyme/20040804.shtml |accessdate=2008-03-01] [cite book|last=Greenberg|first=Keith Elliot|title=Pro Wrestling: From Carnivals to Cable TV| publisher=Lerner Publications|date=2000|pages=122|isbn=0822533324] At Survivor Series, the storyline saw Owen partially responsible for costing Bret the WWF Championship. Bret faced Bob Backlund in a match with the stipulation that the winner would be declared when a competitor's cornerman threw a towel into the ring to signify a submission. After Owen caused Smith to suffer a kayfabe fall and knock himself unconscious, Owen pretended to feel sympathy for Bret.cite book|title=Main Event: WWE in the Raging 80s|pages=108|last=Shields|first=Brian| publisher=Simon and Schuster|date=2006|isbn=1416532579] While Backlund had Bret in a crossface Chickenwing, the angle had Owen convince his mother Helen to throw in Bret's towel, enabling Backlund to win the match and the title. After the match, Owen celebrated with Backlund and showed that he was faking the concern for his brother.cite web|title=Survivor Series 1994 Re-Revued| work=Online Onslaught|last=Gutschmidt|first=Adam|url= http://www.oowrestling.com/columns/ooldtyme/20040812.shtml|accessdate=2008-01-18]

Results

References

External links

* [http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/history/wm10/ Official website of WrestleMania X]
* [http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/history/wm10/factsstats/ WrestleMania X Facts/Stats]